User Reviews for hydroxyzine HCl oral

My doc put me on 25mg to allow me to sleep through the night. I have been waking up due to hot flashes and cronic pain. It did NOTHING to help either problem, except maybe allow me to fall asleep faster after waking? It still takes me 2 hours to fall asleep. And i am still waking up every single hour during the night!

Took this medicine and stayed up all night due to feeling pressure on my chest. When I did finally fell asleep, I woke up screaming because I felt like I stopped breathing.

Vistiril does not work on acute anxiety attacks. Patients know it doctors know it but as usual go to the ER with anxiety attack you be labelled a drug seeker and treated badly. Being given Vistiril is just the insult to injury part. They know it doesn't work. Might help someone with day to day nervous edge but only makes anxiety attack worse by clouding and fatiguing your mind. Hydroxyzine is for the worried well, has zero value in a real anxiety attack.

My dr prescribed me this for anxiety at night. I didn’t have any side effects other than I would basically sleep walk. I would wake up in my closet, on the floor with my pillow and one time even used the toilet and fell and hit my head. I would wake up and I would have pulled my hair out. It was an odd medication for me

Make your blood pressure go sky high Especially It can be very dangerous at the dentist office this medication is a total mic nightmare

This is a good substitute for benzodiazepines if you are unable to take them for whatever reason, and is better than other anti-anxiety meds like paxil, celexa etc. Works within 1-2 hours and lasts around 6-8 for panic. Sedation may last longer, will make you drowsy. 100mg dose is what I take for panic disorder. If you wait the full hour you will see improvement from what Ive experienced and I have a high tolerance for medication. Comes in 2 types (vistaril and atarax) and both work well. I recommend over all other medications for Panic Disorder and Sleep.Read More Read Less

Began taking this as a nighttime aid for sleeping due to extreme anxiety post hospitalization for Covid. A lifelong light sleeper, it has dramatically changed my life allowing a full night sleep with no side effects, nor difficulty waking in the morning. Rather I wake feeling refreshed.

I take this medication because I have an Eating disorder. It has not only helped me with my anxiety about food related issues it has helped me with the terrible amount of nausea I get from eating.

I don't normally give reviews, but I've been through such a nightmare, trying to get treatment for SEVERE panic attacks of which I have never had before, that have completely debilitated my life the last 9 wks. Do your homework because not all doctors can be trusted. No matter what it is you're being prescribed medication for, do your research on line. My experience with hydroxyzine has has been a very unsafe result. I'm in by mid-60s and my PCP prescribed Lexapro and Hydroxyzine for my severe panic attacks. Lexapro made me depressed and I wasn't depressed to begin with, I flushed it, and here's what I experienced and learned about Hydroxyzine. NOT a medication to be taken during the day. It will knock you out. I began to do research on the internet and found out that hydroxyzine will increase the effects if you are a person on metoprolol for high blood pressure, the Dr. and pharmacy both should have known? Do NOT take during the day if you have to drive, work, cook, or operate any machinery, it is completely unsafe to take during the day. I also found out that if you're in your mid 60s this is NOT a medication that should be prescribed, it is unsafe. I couldn't concentrate on anything like driving, I forgot why I walked in the room, I left the water running in the bathroom sink, NEVER have I done these thing before using hydroxyzine. It took nearly two weeks for me to feel normal again. But, if you need something to help you sleep, this will do it. Read More Read Less

Was given this for itching due to eczema and for anxiety. Within a week the itching had not gotten better and I was so irritable I didn't even want to be around me. I have depression as well and this medicine was heading me in the wrong direction.

Got prescribed this medication for my severe anxiety and panic attacks. 20 mins after taking it I was so calm and I felt normal again.. I loved it. Slept through the whole night and felt rested but my heart started pounding out of my chest. Elevated heart rate the rest of the next day and sorta out of it. I would love to have a pill that does exactly what hydroxyzine did in the beginning without the horrible day after side effects.

During my Autism Re-evaluation from my doctors up in Cincinnati last week they gave me this medicine that would help stop my anxiety and itchiness in 30 minutes or more and so far it has helped my anxiety much better than Zoloft did to me about 6 years ago. so if anyone would needs this drug i would highly recommend to get this one because it can help your anxiety in a much better way compared to Zoloft.

I have taken this medication for over 20 years, I woke up one day and was allergic to everything I put in my mouth. From Pizza to Pepto-Bismol, certain food preservatives and even passing a McDonald’s my throat would start closing and I could feel a problem coming on and thank God a doctor Tried this medication on me back then because I still have the allergies or sensitivities and stuff I quit drinking because that was causing me to not be able to breathe the hops the barley etc. and now I’ve quit smoking back in December I’m thankful for this medication because with Benadryl I would have to take 150 mg a day ! ! Where is I take one of these every other day cannot take more than one at a time and I feel it’s much safer for my symptoms in my body.Read More Read Less

I am a 6 foot 1 man. It works for me well. The only downside is that I feel like a robot throughout the day. The confusion is very annoying, but it's like short-term things like where my car is or why I am at the store. I waited in the wrong line for 30 mins. That was fun, but I'm so relaxed I just brushed it off. I recommend taking it before bed or ass needed, but I've been going through a lot recently, and it helped ten fold.

I am taking it for anxiety and depression. It is also supposed to help me sleep. Doesn’t work at all. All doctors are pushing this because basically it is a placebo. They push it at Urgent Care, so that tells you something. Doctors are too afraid to give you anything anymore that really helps because of lawsuits. Sadly, we all suffer with no help. ??

My doctor put me on this because she didn’t want to give me clonzepam anymore because it is too addictive and I also am an alcoholic in recovery and no one seems to trust alcoholics. I take it for many things, but mainly for my anxiety and it helps some but not as good as clonzepam. It does make you drowsy at first so I used to only take it at night and it helped me sleep which was another reason my doctor put me on it. It also works for itching and I love that because I am an itchy person and this makes a difference. I can now take up to 100 mgs at a time and am not very sleepy at this point which is good and bad I guess. Now I take it 100 mg at night and 50-100mg as needed for panic attacks. No real side effects except for being drowsy Read More Read Less

This medication took care of my chronic hives immediately where Benedryl did nothing. ! I may still break out, but the itching is completely gone. However, it leaves me in a stupor well after I'm up for the day. Because of that, I'm talking to my doctor for another alternative.

I take it for anxiety before bed it works just fine and helps me sleep

I have taken this medication for two years now and don’t take it everyday like it’s prescribed to me. I’m on it for anxiety and panic attacks however i have noticed my body began to build a tolerance to it and it no longer worked like it was supposed. Definitely not a long term med.

Got diagnosed with pityriasis rosea (a common rash that thankfully goes away on its own) and was prescribed hydroxyzine to ease the itching. I was on 25mg and was to take 1-2 a night before bed. I found it very helpful - it made the itching go away and made me feel much better as I waited for the rash to go away on its own. I didn’t really have any negative side effects - got drowsy but that’s to be expected and didn’t cause me any issues. I had a very good experience.